spiceweasel
@comcast.net
| nothing new...
i guess like a few people have said before this is really nothing new. back in college i worked at a kinko's and even 10 years ago all the color copiers had some sort of invisible watermark.
they even had (have) anti-counterfitting technology built in. if you tried to copy any sort of us currency, via the reflectivity in the ink the copier could tell that it was money and refused to make a copy. one of the xerox techs stopped by to fix a copier one day and i decided to ask him about it. turns out that if you do it enough times (he wouldn't let me) the machine locks itself and you have to put in a service call to unlock it.
and i really wouldn't go to a kinko's (or any other copy place) to do this kinda stuff. those places are so packed with video equipment. you're probably much better off just not registering a printer. |
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Fluker
join:2005-04-07
West Lafayette, IN
2 edits | I think one of the main points of the watermark is not that you can be looked up in any sort of database, but that if you are caught the printer can be reliably connected to you. For instance if you have been creating counterfeit checks from your inkjet, the watermarks could uniquely tie you (or a printer frequented by you) to the documents, locations and dates of the fraud.
edit:nice name spiceweasel, that was one great show while it lasted. |
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Vvian Kalyss
join:2003-10-14
Stage 5.0
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See, THAT is how the systems will continue to be defeated. Insider information. How do you know that the technicians themselves are incorruptible? E.g. most car thieves surely have a basic knowledge of picking locks, stopping car alarms, and hotwiring the ignition.
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